Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed. The troops’ arrival came a full two and a half years after the signing of the...
Due to growing tensions between residents of Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies and the colonial government, which represented the British crown (monarchy), the two sides embarked on Revolutionary War, from Apr 19, 1775 to Sep 03, 1783. On July 4, 1776, the...
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